In 2017 alone, the prayer shawl ministry of four combined Catholic churches in northeastern Connecticut donated 73 shawls and 33 lap robes to anyone who wanted them.The shawls are small things ...

By Gretchen Murray CNHI News Service TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — If men say that women are hard to understand, they’re probably right. Trying to explain the complex sisterhood of girlfriends ...

On a blustery, frigid night in January, a group of women gathered around the warm inviting fireplace in the lobby of Valley View Hospital with their knitting. Spilling over their laps from their ...

Regular meetings of the First Christian Prayer Shawl Ministry began and the first prayer shawls were blessed on Dec. 19, 2010 by the congregation led by Dr. Guy McCombs, senior minister.

She is one of about 20 knitters in Trinity Episcopal Church’s prayer shawl ministry. Since the ministry began in 2004, it has gifted 6,000 shawls to newlywed couples, expecting mothers, those ...

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is scheduled to meet again April 13 at the SSJ of NWPA Community Living Center, in Millcreek Township. To join the group or receive a shawl, call Kuhn at 836-4134.

There it was, St. Paul’s Presbyterian had a prayer shawl ministry. Since its founding, the group of women gather in the church’s library every other Tuesday to knit and catch up.

STOCKTON, Alabama — A group of women in Stockton are kindling a ministry born out of a collection of yarn, an interest in crafting and a desire to use their craft as a way to reach out to others.

For the past two-and-a-half years, the seniors in this group have met two times a month to knit or crochet rectangular prayer shawls for those in need. WATCH LIVE.